大批 (dà pī) — large quantities of; large numbers of | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Used for large groups of countable people or items (tourists, employees, goods). 大量 works for both countable and uncountable; 海量 is more for information or data.

adjective

large quantities oflarge numbers of

Examples

大批。
dà pī Huò wù yǐ jīng yùn dào le cāng kù.
A large quantity of goods has already been shipped to the warehouse.
大批。
Měi nián dōu yǒu dà pī yóu kè lái zhè ge chéng shì lǚ yóu.
Every year, large numbers of tourists come to visit this city.
大批。
Gōng sī jīn nián zhāo pìn le dà pī xīn yuán gōng.
The company hired a large number of new employees this year.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大 as large modifies 批 as batch, referring to large quantities or numbers.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

比

比bǐ批pī

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

批 puts 手 (hand) beside 比, which gives the sound.

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